SAN DIEGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Orthopedics
LLC, a medical device company that develops and markets products
for minimally invasive spine surgery, announced today that it has
received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office for a monoplanar pedicle screw method, system and kit.
Trinity currently markets the posterior fixation system in
the United States under the ReStor
name.

"Recent clinical studies support our assertion that failure to
re-establish and maintain the natural curve of the lumbar spine
adversely loads adjacent discs and may lead to further degeneration
and additional surgery," said James F.
Marino, M.D., Trinity's founder and lead inventor of the
novel monoplanar screw design. "Our ReStor system is intended
to help the surgeon fuse the spine in an anatomical position as
well as maintain the integrity of the anterior column."
Adjacent segment degeneration is reported to have a 5-10%
re-operation rate for fusion of adjacent levels.

Three US patents have previously been granted to Trinity, and
eighteen US and sixteen foreign patents are pending surrounding
minimally invasive surgical technique, implantable devices, and
supporting instrumentation.

About Trinity Orthopedics

Trinity Orthopedics is a medical device company that develops
and markets products intended to reduce the complications
associated spine surgery. Trinity was founded by Dr. James Marino, who is a practicing
orthopedic surgeon and a recognized innovator in minimally invasive
spine surgery. Dr. Marino also founded NuVasive, Inc., where
he developed commercially successful spinal fusion procedures and
product syst